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All results from a given calculation for CH2OH (Hydroxymethyl radical)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-114.472280
Energy at 298.15K-114.474643
HF Energy-114.472280
Nuclear repulsion energy35.327578
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3753 3697 70.37      
2 A 3238 3189 5.26      
3 A 3089 3043 15.42      
4 A 1433 1411 8.68      
5 A 1302 1282 4.86      
6 A 1238 1220 122.22      
7 A 1010 995 55.28      
8 A 496 489 208.59      
9 A 367 361 6.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7962.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7843.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
6.35300 1.00964 0.87681

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.678 0.029 -0.052
O2 0.665 -0.127 0.020
H3 -1.238 -0.898 0.075
H4 -1.123 1.009 0.141
H5 1.109 0.736 -0.063

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5
C11.35351.09041.09441.9219
O21.35352.05402.12210.9745
H31.09042.05401.91192.8635
H41.09442.12211.91192.2582
H51.92190.97452.86352.2582

picture of Hydroxymethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 110.222 O2 C1 H3 113.942
O2 C1 H4 119.827 H3 C1 H4 122.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.316      
2 O -0.384      
3 H 0.173      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.370      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.216 1.665 0.246 1.696
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.967 2.368 -0.671
y 2.368 -11.217 -0.007
z -0.671 -0.007 -15.198
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.241 2.368 -0.671
y 2.368 2.365 -0.007
z -0.671 -0.007 -3.606
Polar
3z2-r2-7.212
x2-y2-0.750
xy2.368
xz-0.671
yz-0.007


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.298 0.036 0.024
y 0.036 2.490 -0.017
z 0.024 -0.017 2.728


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 20.858
(<r2>)1/2 4.567